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congress and stuf
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| open primaries | open voting, can choose any party to vote |
| closed primaries | basically picking a side and voting |
| caucuses | basically jury voting |
| constitutional requirements for represenatives | 25 yrs old, been a citizen of the US for 7 years, be present in the state where they elected at |
| constitutional requirements for Senate | 30+ years old, been a citizen for 9 years, be present in the state where they elected at. |
| constitutional requirements for president | MUST be naturalized in the US, 35+ years old, resident in the US for 14+ years |
| voter registration | the requirment athat a person must be eligible to vote on an electoral roll |
| Voter ID laws | required to provide proof of identity. |
| partistan loyalty | voting based on what party you align with |
| Issued and policy prefrences | Voting based on issues that align with you |
| Voting based on the canidates... | charachteristics and background |
| Ballot initiative | a proposed law or policy change that is placed on the ballot by citizens or interest groups for a popular vote |
| refrendum | a law proposed by a legislature that is referred to the public for a vote of approval vote |
| recall | a recall election allows voters to remove state officials from office before their terms expire |
| electoral college | voters select who is going towards the electoral college not president, electors then vote and congress counts the votes to see who gets presidency |
| Low Voter Turnout | the lack of regisration to vote |
| charachteristics of a moden campaign | hold events, meeting people in person, travel through states to get votes by encouraging them. |
| congress is divided into.. | 2 sides/houses |
| house of reps do... | bring impeachment, originates tax bills, originates appropriation bills. and they have a 2 year term |
| house of the senate do.. | try impeachment, confirm presidential nominations, ratify treaties, 6 year term. |
| gerrymandering | |
| incumbency | the current office holders running for re-election. |
| apportionemnt | how the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are divided among the 50 states. |
| functions of congress | Lawmaking, representation, service to constituents, oversight, public education, conflict resolution |
| delegate models | favoring the public in their actions |
| Trustee Model | listening to the public, but doing actions that they personally thing thats best for the public |
| sociological representation | represenatives that are simmilar to citizens based on racial terms and their background |
| Agency representation | representatives that act on behalf of the citizen helping them on legal terms |
| leadership in the house or representatives | speaker of the house has the most power, majority leader is 2nd, and minority leader is 3rd |
| leadership in the senate | president of the senate: VP, President pro Tempore: longest serving member, majority leader is the most powerful in the senate. |
| standing commities | pernament, have power to propose and write legislation |
| select commities | not pernament, mainly focsed on an issue then disperse |
| legislative process | law is introducesd in house of senate, refered to the house/senate commitie, senate/house debates and pass, then both reach a compromise/agreement on law, president signs into law |
| presidental action | president has 10 days to sign the law, if not acted on it automicaly becomes a law. vetos can be overwritten by 2/3rd vote of each house |
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KevinSevenEleven